Problem with the fly app or broken camera?

[jerimi900]

Hi
I have a dji mini 3 that have worked perfect for 1.5 year now.

2 days ago when i started the drone and app, it said " the dji fly app have bugs and wont work correclty, please wait for developers to for it".
i could start the drone and fly but the screen/camera was all black.

After a while i could not even open the app so I installed it again.
Same thing as before, the camera was black.
I can steer the gimbal and I can fly the drone but no camera and the app freezes and can not click on most of the icons/settings.

Also it fails to update to latest version of the app.
"Failed to update" it says.
I have a samsung s20 and never crashed the drone.

Any sugestion whst to do?

 

[slup]

And you know that all android DJI apps doesn't get published in the Google Play store anymore? You need to download the installation file directly from DJI's own website & manually install it.

You can get the correct DJI Fly app here --> DJI Fly - Download Center - DJI (the latest version for Android is 1.14.1). And before you try to install, uninstall the app you have on your phone now first.

 

[jerimi900]

And you know that all android DJI apps doesn't get published in the Google Play store anymore? You need to download the installation file directly from DJI's own website & manually install it.

You can get the correct DJI Fly app here --> DJI Fly - Download Center - DJI (the latest version for Android is 1.14.1). And before you try to install, uninstall the app you have on your phone now first.

Done exactly that a few times, also tried installing older versions of the app but still dont work.

 

[Yorkshire_Pud]

It seems you are using a dum controller and a phone.
If correct have you tried another controller-to-phone cable or scheck that the phones socket is clear of fluff ?
Does the phone connect to comuter via USB ?
Do you see telemetry on the phone's screen ?

 

[jerimi900]

It seems you are using a dum controller and a phone.
If correct have you tried another controller to phone cable or scheck that the phones socket is clear of fluff ?
Does the phone connect to comuter via USB ?
Do you see telemetry on the phone's screen ?

On my phone, it looks very similar to this https://www.droneblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/1S1a.png

I dont have any other controller.
I can fly the drone and the app opens, and yes the phone connect to usb and pc.

 

[Felix le Chat]

Is there a high strength ND fitted? Reason I ask is because the histogram shows pretty much 100% ETTL. Physically check the camera lens for clarity. Remove any filter/lens hood from the camera and re-boot the drone. Try returning the settings to 'auto' instead of 'pro' and if the E.V doesn't alter automatically from -3: physically shift it to 0.0. (all of the above supposes this is a screenshot of your drone app).

If the above suggestions don't work: the obvious thing to assume is that there is no live feed signal being fed from the controller to the app. Check the simplest thing first - change the video feed cable for one that is guaranteed high speed TWO WAY data/OTG.

When I replaced the original cable, the one I bought didn't work. This was because it was a ONE-WAY OTG. To solve the problem, I had to reverse the ends of the cable (plug the end I'd plugged into the phone into the controller and vice-versa).

 

[slup]

On my phone, it looks very similar to this https://www.droneblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/1S1a.png

If that's from your phone (& not something similar you've found on WWW) ... the exposure settings are in manual mode & the shutter are set on the absolutely quickest timing, 1/8000sec, no wonder that the live view is black.

Switch to auto settings & see to that the EV is 0.

 

[Yorkshire_Pud]

I dont have any other controller.

I was suggesting a cable, a controller to phone cable.
I have edited the previous post and hypenated controller to phone,
As with the @Felix le Chat and @slup, check whether or not the camera is set to manual exposure and grossly under exposing.

 

[jerimi900]

I just tried wirh a friends phone and it worked, so its defiently something with the app or possibly phone.

Very glad it worked beccause I didnt feel like spending money on a new drone.